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how the individual wells and reservoir zones are perform-
ing. Getting physical access to a Subsea installation
requires mobilization of a vessel — including a rig if a hot
intervention is needed. This is expensive and operators try
to avoid this as long as they can. The development and
implementation of reliable instrumentation for flow mon-
itoring, including multiphase metering of individual wells
prior to commingling into the manifold. This will be a
major enabler for optimal production from a multiwell
field. Other areas of interest include:
Development of condition monitoring systems for

Subsea installations will enable the operators to fully
understand wear and tear, remaining life of components,
etc, so that an efficient intervention campaign can be
planned and executed.
Use of low cost vessels (read … not Drilling Rigs) for
installation of Subsea fields typ Tree on wire installation
technologies
Subsea boosting to extend the life of a Subsea field
Use of Light Well Intervention techniques from

Monohull Vessels can reduce the cost of well interventions
and enable higher recovery rate from Subsea wells; and
Future development of more subsea separation and
processing technologies — typ secondary separation —
can eventually lead to production from a Subsea field
directly to the market — i.e. the "platform" is now put on
the seabed. If you think about that - no offshore person-
nel, no helicopter service, no offshore hotels, no offshore
cantinas, no offshore gas fired power plants; the list goes
on. This will be a step-chance in cost efficient operation.

FMC's reach in the subsea arena is vast. Can you boil
down FMC's core competencies in a sentence or two?

Best-in-class base products for Subsea fields; and we are a
technology leader in next generation subsea.

From a technical aspect, what does FMC do that sets
itself apart from the competition?

First of all, we have a complete range of "standard" build-
ing blocks for Subsea fields. In addition we can offer the
complete range of Subsea processing products, and we
have the most advanced Increased Oil Recovery product
range. Our strategy has always been to be the preferred
partner to an operator — from the architect stage (Front

End Engineering Stage) — through the development
stage — and through the life of the field.

Can you provide a case study or two which clearly illus-
trates how a client has benefited from the use of your
products/services?

Where do I start? I am particularly proud and impressed
by the award of the Total Pazflor project outside Angola in
late 2007. The field could not be developed without the
use of a Subsea processing system. We identified Subsea
processing as future technology in 1998, and we built
competence for seven years, won our first Subsea process-
ing system in 2005 (Statoil Tordis) — and used this
opportunity to convince Total that Subsea Processing was
a reliable technology, which led to the winning of the
worlds largest contract — Pazflor — in 2007

What are the primary drivers for your business?

I believe the primary driver short term for our business is
cost efficiency in development of Offshore Fields. I
believe the primary driver longer term is cost efficiency in
the operation of offshore fields (i.e. getting rid of the off-
shore platform). I believe another driver will in the longer
term be environmentally friendly Oil & Gas develop-
ment, particularly when developments in the sensitive arc-
“I believe another driver will in the longer term be
environmentally friendly Oil & Gas development, particu-
larly when developments in the sensitive Arctic areas
starts. Here, Subsea-to-Beach will be the most environ-
mental friendly solution,” said Tore Halvorsen, Senior